Liquorice in Madurai

Glycyrrhiza Glabra

• Botanical Name : Glycyrrhiza glabra
• Uses : Used in bronchitis, dry cough, respiratory infections, catarrh, tuberculosis; genitourinary diseases, urinary tract infections; abdominal pain, gastric and duodenal ulcers, inflamed stomach, mouth ulcer. Also used for adrenocorticoid insufficiency.
• English Name : Licorice, Liquorice
• Active Ingredient : Glycyrrhizin (about 2– 9%), a triterpene saponin with low haemolytic index. Glycyrrhetinic (glycyrrhetic) acid (0.5–0.9%), the aglycone of glycyrrhizin.
• Description : Demulcent, expectorant, antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, spasmolytic, mild laxative, antistress, antidepressive, antiulcer, liver protective, estrogenic, emmenagogue, antidiabetic.
• Common Name : Athimathuram